Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages Policy and Practice on Four Continents [Hardcover]

This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, H??h?? in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages? Policy and Practice on Four Continents; N.H.Hornberger PART 1: CASE STUDIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS Out on the Fells, I Feel Like a S?mi - Is There Linguistic and Cultural Equality in the S?mi School?; V.Hirvonen Top-Down and Bottom-Up: Counterpoised Visions of Bilingual Intercultural Education in Latin America; L.E.Lopez M?ori-Medium Education: Current Issues and Challenges; S.May & R.Hill Learning with Differences: Strengthening H??h?? and Bilingual Teaching in an Elementary School in Mexico City; N.Rebolledo R. PART 2: COMMENTARIES: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CASE STUDIES Revitalization Through Indigenous Education - a Forlorn Hope?; L.Huss Commentary from an African and International Perspective; N.M.Kamwangamalu Riding the Tiger; B.Spolsky Schools as Strategic Tools for Indigenous Language Revitalization: Lessons From [delete a] Native America; T.L.McCarty Index

' The book is a must for anyone interested in the revival of indigenous languages.' Birgit Brock-Utne, Compare

' highly interesting and well integrated chapters delighted me with qualitative details and gems of wisdom ' Carol Benson, Language Policy

RICHARD HILL Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand VUOKKO HIRVONEN Associate Professor at the Saami University College in Guovdageaidnu, Norway LEENA HUSS Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Multiethnic Research at Uppsala University, Sweden NKONKO M. KAMWANGAMALU Professor of Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, HlCÔ